Team

Jeanne Colin is a French dancer and choreographer. After her choreographic training at P.A.R.T.S in Brussels, she worked as a performer with choreographers Daniel Linehan, Yasmine Hugonnet, Ayelen Parolin, Romeo Castellucci, Eric Minh Cuong Castaing and Louise Vanneste, among others. Since 2018, she has been conducting her own research and creative projects based on a dialogue between sensation and imagination. In 2019, she is creating the sculptural duet Reception in collaboration with dancer Killian Madeleine. This project was presented at Kanal-Centre Pompidou, CC DeMarkten, Unlocked Festival at la Raffinerie and Parc Duden as part of Parc Poetik. In 2020, Jeanne was awarded a research grant from the Flemish organisation KIOSK to explore the question of movement during REM sleep.

https://jeannecolin.tumblr.com/

After fifteen years of classical ballet training and a college education in photography in Montreal, Christine found her way into contemporary dance. She began her professional training at the École de danse contemporaine de Montreal where she graduated in 2014. After her graduation, she works for 2 years with O Vertigo dance Company (CA). In parallel, she developed a growing interest for flying and acrobatic movement, and slowly enters the circus world. In 2016, she co-created the Company Ici’bas whose aim was to combine dance, circus, and performative arts and with which they created and toured internationally 3 outdoor, in situ and indoor projects. Since 2021, she puts aside the company’s projects to dedicate her time to collaborative works in different settings and through different mediums. She now works with the dance company Tumbleweed (BE) on their creation A Very Eye. She collaborates with Un loup pour l’Homme (FR) as a replacement on Rare birds, on the social project Zone vive and on the co-creation of Passing swiftly with Špela Vodeb, a duo of acrobatic lifts. She collaborates with Natacha Kierbel as an outside eye to create the duo Cardboard (FR) around acrobatics and movement. She co-founds of the Association of associated circus companies (ACCA) (CH).

Mona Felah is a trans-female performer born of Franco-Swiss-Tunisian parents. She graduated from the CDCN Toulouse in June 2022 and dances since then for the company Tumbleweed and the artist Alice Gautier. In 2023 she was involved in the musical creation and dramaturgical writing of the piece What Will Remain Secret by Auguste de Boursetty and Alex Freihet, presented as part of the platform Vive le Sujet! Tentatives at the Festival Avignon. She is also a DJ under the name of mona mioca and is a member of the GRRLSSS crew, a network for electronic music exchange and support.

Tsharly Prince (1991) is a Lebanese dance & performance artist. His interests are rooted in the intersection of the political and the poetic body, and the many profound resonances this may create. His trandisciplinary choreographic work and installations have been presented in several festivals and theatres – including SPRING Festival(NL), Dansmakers Amsterdam (NL), Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis (FR), Vancouver International Dance Festival (CA), Oktoberdans (NO), and BIPOD (LB), Fabbrica Europe (IT) & Impulstanz (AU).

He has collaborated among others with artists such as Benoit Lachambre, Olivia Tapiero and Omar Rajeh. Tsharly also holds a Bachelor of Music from McGill University, and continues to nourish his practice through the study of sound and composition. In 2018, he received the Boghossian Foundation Prize for Dance and Performance awarded by Villa Empain in Brussels.

https://charlie-prince.info

Arnaud Gerniers studied drawing at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels La Cambre (Brussels). Based in Brussels, he is developing a singular body of work based mainly on light and photography. He has had solo and group exhibitions in Belgium and abroad: Moving Images / Art Fair New York/ Pool Art fair, New York / BMG Gallery / In the mood for light 2.0, Brussels / OFF BIAC, Seville / Volta 5, art fair, Basel / Galerie Think 21, Brussels/ Lot10 Gallery, Brussels / Delire Gallery, Brussels / Pleonasm, Bordeaux.

Arnaud is also active in the performing arts as a set and lighting designer. He has worked with Ayelen Parolin (David), LOG (le terrier) and Jonathan Schatz (Elephant Rock). He has been working with Louise Vanneste / Rising Horses since 2009 and has taken part in the productions of HOME, Black Milk, Gone in a Heart Beat, Thérians, atla, Earths and Pangée.

http://arnaudgerniers.com

(b.1985 Belgium) an European composer, sound artist, performer, astrologist, explores the relationships between various strains of sound design in her work: sound art, radio essay, experimental music. During the last years she has worked for several sound-related projects in networks with among others, BABELFISH, ACSR, SONMA and MONIEK. In her creations, the use of voice is very often chosen as a way to start from an intimate point before opening up to a larger frame. In 2018, Autopoesis her first long radio drama was awarded by the Palma Ars Acustica (UER-EBU Music) & the Sound Art prize at Phonurgia Nova Awards (Paris). In 2022, her latest radio piece was encountering the wild horses of Galica ; Area, a documented uchronia and was nominated in festivals such as UK radio drama festival and Prix Marulic (Croatia). Her works hasve been broadcasted on radio as well as during different festivals and events in Belgium, Europe and beyond. During the last years, she has been working more and more with live performances, installations and dancers/choreographers. This new field has been initiated by a time of research within the program “Prototypes” at Fondation Royaumont – (Paris 2016). Anne has created the sound design for several choreographic and theatrical pieces, such as Grand Tétras & Baves by Marion Sage, Rapid Eye Movement by Estelle Gautier, En Lieu-sûr by Thibaut le Maguer, A Very Eye & Dehors est blanc by Tumbleweed, to mention a few.

http://www.annelepere.net
https://soundcloud.com/anne-lepere

Brussels-based dancer and choreographer from Argentina, Florencia Demestri has always been fascinated by hybrid forms, the crossover, the juxtaposition and the mixing of disciplines. “I like to develop choreographic tools that allow me to stir up trouble”.

She has performed with choreographers such as Lisi Estaràs (Les Ballets C. de la B.), David Zambrano, Karine Ponties, Roberto Olivan, Finger Six Collectif, Groupe Entorse and Blueback – Monia Montali and François Bodeux.

In parallel with her work as a performer, she has been conducting her own research and creative projects for several years now, and collaborating with artists from a wide range of disciplines.

In 2012, she met dancer and choreographer Samuel Lefeuvre, with whom she founded the DEMESTRI+LEFEUVRE company. By exploring non-anthropocentric dramaturgies, their work seeks to remove the hierarchy from our gaze and favour a sensorial rather than analytical apprehension of the world.

Since October 2022, she has been a certified practitioner of the Feldenkrais method.

https://www.demestrilefeuvre.com

Thomas Vantuycom studied as an economist until he changed course to pursue a career in the performing arts. He trained at P.A.R.T.S., where he met many of the artists he would collaborate with after graduating in 2014. He worked as a dancer and an actor for Carly Wijs, Francesco Scavetta and Salva Sanchis, among others. Thomas joined Rosas for the exhibition Work/Travail/Arbeid and since performed in pieces like A Love Supreme, Zeitigung and The Six Brandenburg Concertos. In 2021, he co-authored Electric Life with Elisabeth Borgermans; an ambitious choreography for nine young dancers. He’s based in Brussels, where he continues to freelance as a dancer and choreographer. Aside from his work in dance, Thomas lives his geeky heart out as a web developer and a student in mathematics.

After studying art history, Mélanie Duchanoy opted to become a costume designer, graduating with a DMA in costume design in Lyon in 2013. Since then, her work has focused mainly on costume design for contemporary dance, beginning with Wim Vandekeybus in Brussels. Alongside her work as a costume designer, Mélanie has developed a deep interest in bodywork practices that combine healing, art and the sacred. Over the last ten years, she has gained a wealth of experience, learning new skills in helping people through touch. Besides she has been working on some fifteen projects as a costume designer and dresser at the Opéra Royale de la Monnaie.

A Very Eye is her first costume creation.

Catherine Somers has a degree in set design from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels “La Cambre” (Brussels).

In 2007, she was awarded the “Theatre Prize” for her costume design for Ostrovsky’s The Forest (staged by Philippe Sireuil at the National Theatre of Belgium, followed by a tour of France, Switzerland and Belgium) and the set and costume design for Molière’s Les Fourberies de Scapin (staged by Christine Delmotte).

Since 1990, she has designed costumes mainly for the theatre, and worked with directors such as Philippe Sireuil, Laurent Delvert, Pierre Richards, Christine Delmotte and Olivier Lenel.

Catherine also works as a set and costume designer for children’s theatre.

For 15 years, in parallel with her work as a set and costume designer, she revived a milliner’s workshop and boutique in the centre of Brussels, where she created hats for both the city and the stage (theatre, magic, film, dance).

Catherine made hats for Jean-Pierre Vergier (Théâtre de l’Odéon Paris), Christian Lacroix (Théâtre des bouffes du nord Paris), and for the cinema, notably for Michaël O’Connor, Marianne Agertoft, … and also several large series of hats for the dancers in Jan Fabre’s “Belgian rules”.

In 2022 Catherine crossed paths with the Tumbleweed company, and created the costumes for “Dehors est blanc”. This was her first collaboration as a costume designer within the domaine of dance.

website : bhc-rigging 

The Champ libre studio is a communication agency for graphic and digital design based in Besançon, France.
Since the founding of the company, they have been helping us to design our visual identity and communication materials. They also designed and developed our website.

studiochamplibre.com

Dagmar Dachauer is a freelance dancer, choreographer and teacher based in Austria and Brussels, Belgium. She studied dance at AHK Amsterdam (MTD, Bachelor), at P.A.R.T.S in Brussels and balancing at the Circus Department of DOCH in Stockholm.
She set up the UMFUG artistic association, with which she realises her dance and performance projects as well as her film projects in collaboration with artists from different fields such as Video, Sculpture, New Media, Circus, Theatre and Music.
As a performer, Dagmar has worked with the group T.r.a.s.h, Luke Baio & Dominik Grünbühel, Kevin Trappeniers, Florence Augendre and Christoph Winkler.

http://www.dagmardachauer.com

Born 1980 in La Havana, he dedicated himself first to visual arts and in particular the work of images in films.This led him naturally to the universe of sound through his fascination for musical experiments in the creation of films. He absolved in 2005 a Master in ‘accousmatic composition’ at the Royal Conservatory in Mons (Belgium) and became in 2010 a professor at the conservatory. His compositions cover different fields of arts: concert, radio, dance, theater and film. He received in 2017 the award ‘Andrés Souris’ of the Forum of composers.

Benjamin is a professional technician and light designer in the performing arts. Since some years he explored also the other side of his profession: creation. As the technical director of Theatre Company Tilleul, he took on the role as a puppeteer and actor in their latest creations. He is regarding this parkour as singular, while continuing to collaborate closely with other forms in the performing arts. Benjamin discovered a great interest in contemporary dance and participated in different creations in Belgium and abroad as a light and stage designer : LOG asbl, Company Louise Vanneste, Cie Mauro Paccagnella, Company Orange Sanguine.

Sergi Parés is a Catalan-born artist, acrobat and performer with a Bachelor’s degree from Stockholm University of the Arts, living in Brussels (BE). He works notably with the XY circus collective (FR), but is also frequently involved in interdisciplinary creations as an outside eye. He is particularly committed to projects involving research and collaboration – most often as co-creator and performer. At the same time, he teaches in the professional field of the performing arts. Sergi has worked as a dancer with the Icelandic Dance Company in Black marrow, created by Damien Jalet and Erna Ómarsdóttir (IS), with Anton Lachky Company in Mind a Gap (B) and with Lali Ayjuadé Company’s Kokoro (ES).

During the day, Bert tries to defend forests and trees with the ngo he works for (www.bosplus.be). In the evening, he’s a dance enthusiast, and happy to support Tumbleweed on its extraordinary journey, as a member of the charity’s board of directors.

Playwright and artistic collaborator with artists in the process of creation, moderator and formerly assistant to the artistic direction of Les Brigittines, production/distribution manager, choreographic and dramatic artist, trained lawyer. These multiple roles have enabled her to develop tools and support numerous artistic projects in the performing arts. She discovered Tumbleweed’s work while working at Les Brigittines, and joined the Board of Directors as a natural choice, to be part of this human and artistic adventure.

I am a multi-disciplinary artist
I am professional dancer, choreographer, cinematographer, drone operator and Steadicam operator based in Brussels.

I was born in Slovakia. I came to Belgium to study at P.A.R.T.S graduating in 2010. As a professional dancer I have performed with Belgian dance companies such as Rosas/Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Ultima Vez, Hans Van den Broeck/Compagnie SOIT and Salva Sanchis – KUNTS/WERK and more. In 2014 I co-founded Motionhouse with Australian artist Jamie Lee that focuses on interdisciplinary works. We create multimedia performances, installations and films that focus on immersive experiences.

During this time, the technical nerd inside of me drew my attention towards cameras, and the dancing part of me started to focus on capturing motion. The evolution from dancer, to cinematographer, drone operator, gimbal operator and finally to working as a Steadicam operator has led me to being loosely known as ‘the dancing camera-man’.

​Alongside co-creating for Motionhouse, I freelance as a DOP, drone operator and steadicam operator.

After graduating with a Master’s Degree in Art Management, production, residencies, law and cultural ingenineering in Lyon (FR), Emilie Parot worked in Paris (FR) and Brussels (BE) for directors and choreographers in production, touring and artistic coordination (Gsara – I.L. Carrasco – D.A.C.M – N.D. production – A. Lachky – LOG). Emilie Parot, non-binary (t/he/he) person, also coordinated and curated art shows with video and sound, cinéma du réel and visual arts practices. Found of the sensitive experience of spaces-architecture of the stage and their making, t/he pursued studies in theater/dance set design/ scenography at Saint-Luc – Erg (evening courses) before devoting himself to Art Companies Administration and that of to Tumbleweed.